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=== Physical controls ===

Physical controls<ref name="nsa1" /> are anything that physically limits or prevents access to IT systems. Fences, guards, dogs, and CCTV systems and the like. Everything that you can touch physically is a physical control.

=== Technical controls ===

Technical controls are hardware or software whose purpose is to protect systems and resources. Examples of technical controls would be disk encryption, fingerprint readers, and authentication. Hardware technical controls differ from physical controls in that they prevent access to the contents of a system, but not the physical systems themselves. Examples for non-physical technical are access permissions, anti-virus database, firewall software.

=== Administrative controls ===